The Twenty-First Century and Its Discontents

The Twenty-First Century and Its Discontents
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781793608000
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Download or read book The Twenty-First Century and Its Discontents written by Jack Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American culture is changing, a sentiment echoed in phrases such as “the new normal,” and “in these uncertain times,” that regularly introduce all forms of public discourse now, signally a national sense of vulnerability and transformation. Cultural shifts generally involve multiple catalysts, but in this collection the contributors focus on the role changing discourse norms play in cancel culture, corporatism, the counter-sexual revolution, racialism, and a radically divided political climate. Three central themes arise in the arguments. First, that contemporary discourse norms emphasize outcomes rather than shared understanding, which support institutional and political goals but contribute to the contemporary political divide, and the notion that we are engaged in a zero-sum game. These discourse norms give rise to a form of Adorno’s administered world, such that we order society according to dominant opinions, which generally means those well acclimated to institutional and corporate culture. Finally, as Arendt feared, the personal has become political, meaning that the toxic public discourse invades private discourse, reducing personal autonomy and leaving us perpetually under the scrutiny of institutional authority.


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